General Information
Salisbury University Police is a full-time agency responsible
for all law enforcement activities. It employs an administrator,
officers of rank, dispatchers, patrol persons, and student
monitors. University Police utilizes vehicles, radios,
protective gear and emergency medical equipment. They are
trained in required police activities. University Police
officers provide first response to most emergencies.

Public Relations, under the guidance of University Police, will
prepare instructions for people who must evacuate from high-risk areas. These
instructions will include identification of all centrally located staging areas
and pickup points for evacuees who are without private automobiles or other
means of evacuation.

The selection of specific evacuation routes will be based on the
extent of the evacuation required, weather, road conditions, and other pertinent
factors. Highways and local streets that could be main routes of transportation
for the University campus are: U.S. Route 13, College Avenue, Camden Avenue,
Dogwood Drive, Bateman Street, S. Division Street and Milford Street.

A shelter-in-place will be the PRIMARY tactic used on the campus
due to the large population. Determination of congregate care requirements and
facilities to be used for shelters for evacuees will be made in cooperation with
the Emergency Operations Center and the Red Cross.

The director of Student Health Services will have primary
responsibility for assisting impaired persons including the elderly,
mobility-impaired and other individuals unable to evacuate themselves.

University Police and/or volunteers obtained through the
Emergency Operations Center will establish and staff any traffic control points
that are considered necessary. They will also maintain access control and
security for the evacuated areas.

Physical Plant and local public works workers will oversee
removal of debris, obstructions, or roadway impediments, including stalled
vehicles so that evacuation routes remain open.

In consultation with Maryland Department of the Environment and
the University environmental safety manager, hazardous materials specialists
will determine when evacuees can safely return to their residences.

EVACUATION DUE TO A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
RELEASEThe potential “populations at risk” that may require evacuation due to a
hazardous materials release from specific facilities at the University have been
pre-identified (see Hazardous Materials Incidents).

Evacuation may be required due to hazardous materials
spills/releases that do not involve a campus facility. Transportation accidents
involving trucks, trains, and aircraft present risks which could necessitate
evacuation. An assessment by on-scene personnel will determine the appropriate
area and populations to be considered for evacuation.

RESIDENCE HALL EVACUATION DUE TO
INCLEMENT WEATHERFor the safety of our students, please adhere to the following procedures in
the event of an emergency (i.e. tornado) that requires shelter in-place:

All Residence Life staff must report to the hall office of
their building and await further instructions from their AD/RD.

All residents of Dogwood Village are to seek shelter
immediately in a building. Residents of Dogwood Village may want to evacuate
their buildings and go to the basement of the Commons building if there is
sufficient warning to do so. A Residence Life staff member will accompany
them and provide further instructions. Should residents choose to stay in
Dogwood Village, they should seek shelter in the center hallway of the
buildings, away from windows, with doors closed to the rooms.

All residents of Severn, Chester and Choptank must evacuate
their rooms and stay in the main hallway on their floor. All room doors and
cluster doors must remain closed. The fire doors leading to the stairwells
must also be closed.

All residents of Nanticoke, Manokin, Wicomico and Pocomoke
must evacuate their rooms and go to the basement of the building. All
basement doors must be closed.

All residents of Chesapeake Hall must evacuate their rooms
and remain in the hallway outside of the room doors NOT IN THE LOUNGE AREA!
All room doors must be closed.

All residents of St. Martin Hall must go to their bathrooms
in the center of the suite and close the doors on both sides.

First RA present must grab the fire emergency box, building
master and go to the designated safe zone.

All other RA’s proceed immediately to the designated safe
zones.

RA staff alert on-call professional of the fire.

*Residents exit according to procedure and proceed to assigned safe zone.

Step 2: Attendance Verification or whereabouts is
required for all residents:

RA’s put on fluorescent reflective vests and stand at the
designated safe zone taking attendance with building roster. The following
questions are asked:
1. “What is your name?
2. “Where do you live in the hall?”
3. “Was your roommate in the building?”

After verifying attendance, all residents are expected to
stay quiet and orderly, remaining outside and away from the building until
it is cleared by the fire department.

Step 3: After exiting, residents are accounted for by the
RA’s:

The rosters are complied and given to the fire officials to
sweep rooms of those unaccounted for.

Residence Life staff will assist University Police in crowd
control.

Step 4: Establish temporary shelter for displaced
residents:

Most senior Residence Life staff member will identify
available spaces for displaced students.